Comprehensive Textbook of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Written by more than 100 internationally recognized experts, this volume is the first definitive and comprehensive text/reference on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. It features 1,000 full-color echocardiograms and covers every aspect of intraoperative TEE, from physics and "knobology," to specific studies of cardiac valves and arteries, to the use of TEE in cardiac and noncardiac surgeries.

Major sections cover principles of echocardiography, intraoperative examination, critical care, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, thoracic aortic disease, congestive heart failure, interventional cardiovascular medicine, and noncardiac surgery. The text focuses on uses of TEE in surgical decision-making—preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative—and includes specific clinical recommendations.


Table Of Contents
Section I. Cardiac Ultrasound

Chapter 1 Physics of Ultrasound and Physics Behind the Knobs
Chapter 2 Digital Echocardiography
Chapter 3 Imaging Artifacts and Pitfalls
Chapter 4 Optimizing Two-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Imaging

Section II. Intraoperative Examination

Chapter 5 Surgical Anatomy of the Heart: Correlation with TEE Imaging Planes
Chapter 6 Comprehensive and Abbreviated TEE Examination
Chapter 7 Updated Indications for Intraoperative TEE
Chapter 8 Organization of an Intraoperative ECHO Service: Personnel, Equipment, Maintenance, Safety, Infection, and Continuous Quality Improvement
Chapter 9 Outcomes in Echocardiography: Statistical Considerations
Chapter 10 Global Ventricular Function
Chapter 11 Assessment of Global RV Function
Chapter 12 Regional Venricular Function Assessment
Chapter 13 Assessment of Diastolic Function
Chapter 14 Assessment of the Mitral Valve
Chapter 15 Aortic Valve
Chapter 16 Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves
Chapter 17 Assessment of the Thoracic Aorta
Chapter 18 TEE and Doppler Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Function and Dysfunction
Chapter 19 Assessment of Cardiac Masses
Chapter 20 Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Patient

Section III. Critical Care

Chapter 21 Perioperative Hypotension and Shock
Chapter 22 Trauma
Chapter 23 Hemodynamics in the ICU

Section IV. Surgical Decision Making in Coronary Artery Disease

Chapter 24 Perioperative Assessment of Myocardial Viability
Chapter 25 Higher Risk Myocardial Revascularization/Complications of Ischemic Heart Disease
Chapter 26 Off Pump Myocardial Revascularization

Section V. Surgical Decision Making in Valvular Heart Disease

Chapter 27 Surgical Considerations in Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery
Chapter 28 Intraoperative Assessment in Mitral Valve Surgery
Chapter 29 Surgical Considerations and Options in Aortic Valve Surgery
Chapter 30 Intraoperative Assessment in Aortic Valve Surgery

Section VI. Major Vascular Disease

Chapter 31 Diseases of the Aorta

Section VII. Decision Making in Surgical Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure

Chapter 32 Pathophysiology and Management of Patients with CHF
Chapter 33 Surgical Management of CHF
Chapter 34 Assessment of Cardiomyopathies
Chapter 35 Assessment of Surgical Procedures for CHF
Chapter 36 Assessment of Cardiac Transplantation

Section VIII. Non-Cardiac Surgery: Decision Making in Other Surgical Procedues

Chapter 37 TEE for Noncardiac Surgery.